No access to my own workgroup.

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Jack Kelly

I am trying to network 2 pc's at home - old & new, both
have unique copies of WinXP. I use a twisted pair cable
and am told this should be ok. I set up both as per Win
XP home networking wizard. I am quite sure my hardware is
ok. My new PC cannot "see" itself in the workgroup, as my
old PC can. I get a message that I may not have access
permissions (despite being an administrator (?or so I
believe). [I had to reload the software from a OEM from
MEsh who built my pc in the first place and I wonder if
there is a hidden administrator blocking me - or am I
being paranoid?]. The only way I can get my PC's
to "talk" is to start up my new pc in Safe mode with
network support - then my old pc can see it ok. I note
that there are 3 or 4 copies of svchost.exe running in
task manager..is this relevant?
Any ideas out there how to allow my new pc access the
workgroup it should.
 
Workgroups don't have any security (domains do) so there goes that concept.
No administrator can block you from accessing the workgroup if the PC is
configured for it.
 
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